I. nounEtymology: irregular from 1hareDate: 15421. any of a breed of hunting dogs resembling a small English foxhound and originally bred for hunting rabbits
2. a runner on a cross-country team
II. nounEtymology: alteration of harrower, from 1harrowDate: 1556
any of a genus (Circus) of slender hawks having long angled wings and long legs and feeding chiefly on small mammals, reptiles, and insects
III. nounDate: 1596
one that harries

Harrier — Har ri*er, n. [From {Harry}.] 1. One who harries. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) One of several species of hawks or buzzards of the genus {Circus} which fly low and harry small animals or birds, as the European marsh harrier ({Circus… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Harrier — Har ri*er ( [ e]r), n. [From {Hare}, n.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares. [Written also {harier}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

harrier — 1540s, from M.E. hayrer small hunting dog (c.1400), possibly from M.Fr. errier wanderer [Barnhart], or associated with hare, which they would have hunted. The hawk genus (1550s) is from HARRY (Cf. harry) (v.), which also is a candidate for the… … Etymology dictionary